Heading West
Alpert chose to exercise his advanced standing option and graduate a semester early so he could join Tellme Networks, Inc., a new firm which plans to bring the Internet to tens of millions of consumers nationwide who might not have access to computers.
He started work on Monday.
Alpert volunteered few details about the company.
"Tellme is still mostly secret, but they are developing a service to bring the power of the Web to the telephone," he says.
His company is a newcomer to the field--it was founded in February of last year but already boasts employees who were former Netscape and Microsoft rivals.
Tellme may not work out, of course. Alpert notes that while no Internet start-up is without risk, he feels Tellme has a strong advantage with its talent and also with backing from major venture capital companies.
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